SECRET HISTORIES: FINDING GEORGE ORWELL IN A BURMESE TEASHOP

the long version

"Over the course of a year [author] visited the places where [George] Orwell lived when he was working as an imperial policeman in Burma, to meet the poeple who live there today. ... [book title] journeys into the Orwellian land Burma's ruling generals have created, a place in which reality is distorted by censorship and truth is a dangerous commodity. In doing so, [author] presents a side to the country that the military government does not want revealed; a hidden world that can be found only in whispered conversations, covered books and the potent rumors wafting like vapours through the country's teashops."--Book jacket.